Question

Why is it important to learn about the 4 concepts below:

Compulsory reproduction: refers to the societal pressure for women to reproduce. CM is the idea that women are socially coerced into viewing motherhood as necessary and obligatory part of the female experience

Human Body is socially constructed: our ideas, beliefs, and expectations for (our) bodies are influenced by social factors (culture, gender, sex

Teen Pregnancy

PMS: a group of physical and mood-based symptoms that women can experience prior to menstruation

Answer 1

The term compulsory reproduction is related to the women as a member of society who have committed responsibility to reproduce and increase the population, while society don’t try to see the equal value of men in reproduction. We are tend to believe in direct eye experiences so that we develop our beliefs towards gender work and responsibilities. The evolutionary and developmental psychology changed our behaviour towards male and female experiences so that we contrive our experience towards females for motherhood and family care.

The human body is socially constructed because our overall personality influenced by social beliefs, ideas, cultures, religions etc., according to many psychologists and sociologists like Watson, bandura and Sumner, we can say that the effects of social environment is more crucial than hereditary characteristics.

Teen pregnancy is a term which raised couple of years ago in social scenario, most of societies take it as the social problems as well cultural, the teen pregnancy occurs by the combination of sexual experiences and lack of care and knowledge about contraception. In USA and other European countries the number of teen pregnancy reducing but other parts of world are experiencing increase number of teen pregnancy.

PMS, are the symptoms which occurs in women before or during the menstruation, this condition is mood base and some women experiences anxiety, depression and stress. The cultural pressure in eastern countries, like India, where people take it as the religious and cultural problems, women experiences more mental and psychological problems.